When the court reconvened after 2pm the judge found Olly guilty of a Section 127 offence under the Communications Act 2003. The defence’s request that sentencing take place immediately was declined and he was sent for pre-sentence reports at Bromley Magistrates Court on May 9th. The prosecution are seeking a custodial sentence with the court papers showing a request for 45 days for each letter in the ‘C’ word being requested.

Am I missing something? It seems to me that the case is about harassment rather than swearing on twitter.

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No, he was convicted under section 127 of the communications act, which states

A person is guilty of an offence if he … sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.​

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basically, it appears he got done for using the word "cunt" on the internet. Which is pretty fucking outrageous, though I'd like to see this reported from a proper source.